XenServer 6.1, Dell OpenManage and SNMP

I finally updated our productive environment to XenServer 6.1. The upgrade went without a hitch, but there are still many issues with Windows VMs and the XenTools. In the end completely removing the XenTools and reinstalling them did the trick.

Anyway, this post is about Dell OpenManage and SNMP. I've found a spot-on post in the Citrix forums here - thanks Josh Phillips. Read on for the details.

OpenMediaVault & XBMC

I recently stumbled upon OpenMediaVault (OMV), a Linux distribution specific for NASes based on debian squeeze. It's inspired by FreeNas as I gathered.

SQL Server Update Woes

There are various issues that can happen when trying to update SQL Server. For almost all there are workarounds, and they usually work well.

Today I had a trickier experience, and thought I'd share my findings. I wanted to install KB2494113 - "Security Update for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3". I got error 57A through Windows Updates. So I had to resort to downloading and installing the update manually.

XenServer 6.1

As I've previously written about here, I'm using the Citrix XenServer. I've been using the free version in a production environment for a few years now. Sure, there were minor issues or hiccups, but no deal breakers.

I'm still running XenServer 5.6, although XenServer 6 and even 6.1 were already released.
Why didn't I upgrade yet?

TortoiseSVN with kerberos authentication

I'm a big fan of TortoiseSVN (TSVN, short) on Windows. Working with multiple SVN servers and different authentication methods has its pitfalls, however.
I just found out how to make the current TSVN (1.7.11 as of this writing) work with Kerberos authentication on a Linux server that uses krb5 as I previously described here.